The World Footballer Award with the famous Ballon d’Or is also interesting for many fans of EA FC 24 . This year, we noticed that some players in the top 10 have bad cards despite their seemingly strong performances.
Which players are we talking about? Among the women, the Spanish player Salma Paralluelo secured a strong third place behind Aitana Bonmati and Sam Kerr. Although she was among the best players last year, her FIFA rating does not reflect this at all.
The same applies to the Argentinian Julián Álvarez, who achieved a remarkable seventh place in the vote for Footballer of the Year. However, he is just as unplayable as his colleague’s Gold card.
And these two players are not the only ones in the top 10 of the Ballon d’Or, where EA apparently has a different standard than the jury of the French football competition. We will show you the discrepancy between the assessment of real performances and the ratings in Ultimate Team.
Paralluelo, Álvarez, and Co: Top on the pitch, flop in EA FC 24
What ratings do Paralluelo and Álvarez have? The third-placed woman has a rating of just 78 in EA FC 24. Only in speed does she fall into a world-class range, with a value of 93 according to EA Sports’ assessment. At least her playstyles can also be impressive. Among them are two playstyles that are among the best playstyles in EA FC 24.
World champion and treble winner Julián Álvarez from Manchester City has a rating of 80, and additionally enjoyed a special card with an upgrade to 87 during the Trailblazers promo in Ultimate Team. However, his Gold card struggles to impress in almost any rating. As a striker, he lacks speed and finishing quality. In the role of CAM, he can at least impress with a playstyle that significantly helps you to overcome the new OP pressing setting that many players utilize in the game.
Overall, both players with their Gold cards are not even among the best 500 players in Ultimate Team, even when ignoring Icons, Heroes, and other event cards. There is a clear gap between real performances and EA’s estimated ratings.
Even the sixth-placed Olga Camona is far from meeting expectations given her rating of 79, which arises from her position in the World Footballer Women’s election.
Even worse off is her teammate, who caused quite a stir in the Women’s World Cup with Colombia and inflicted a painful goal on the German national team. Read below to find out who it is.
Biggest storm talent doesn’t even get a rare Gold card
9th place among the best players is not enough for a rare Gold card: Linda Caicedo is considered one of the biggest promises for the future in women’s football. The just 18-year-old already plays for Real Madrid and is an absolute star in her homeland Colombia.
Apparently, her performances and popularity were not enough for EA Sports to give her a good rating. Not only that, but it was not even enough for a rare Gold card.
With a 76-rated Non-Rare Gold card and a price of 650 coins on the transfer market, the Colombian is likely to be one of the most underrated cards by EA this year.
One could argue in favor of the Canadian developer company that they generally assign younger players worse ratings, in order to provide them with better ratings in events or following years.
Our tips for guaranteed more goals in EA FC 24 might not help you become the World Footballer, but they can certainly help you attack better.
